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James Franco and Anne Hathaway will be running the show at the next Academy Awards.

Oscar organizers said Monday that Franco and Hathaway will be co-hosts of the 83rd ceremony on Feb. 27.

The announcement creates the prospect that one or both hosts might also be nominees. Franco is considered a solid best-actor prospect for the survival drama “127 Hours,” while Hathaway has a chance for a best-actress slot for the romance “Love & Other Drugs.”

It’s the second-straight year the Oscars have tapped a pair of actors as hosts. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin teamed up as hosts last time.

The move also continues the show’s departure from the traditional comedian as host, such as past masters of ceremonies Billy Crystal or David Letterman.

Boise State says goodbye to its top-five ranking for the first time this season, dropping six spots to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll after an overtime loss to Nevada ended its 24-game winning streak.

Oregon and Auburn are 1-2 for a third straight week while TCU moves up a spot to replace the Broncos at No.3.

Nevada moved up five spots to No. 14.

Anthony Martinez kicked a 34-yard field goal in overtime to cap a Nevada comeback that gave the Wolf Pack a 34-31 win over previously unbeaten No. 3 Boise State.

The kick came after Boise State’s kicker missed a 26-yard field goal with 2 seconds left in regulation and another from 29 yards in overtime. It snapped Boise State’s 24-game winning streak and ended any hopes that the Broncos would play in the BCS title game.

Nevada rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit to tie the game with 13 seconds left on a 7-yard pass to Rishard Mathews, who had two second-half touchdowns for the 19th ranked Wolf Pack.

Nevada fans stormed the field after the school’s biggest win ever. The Wolf Pack had lost 10 straight to Boise State and were a 14-point underdog. (AP)

Prince William’s private secretary says the prince and Kate Middleton are playing a “very active role” in planning the events for next April 29.

That’s when they’re scheduled to be married at Westminster Abbey in London.

The prince’s aide says the couple knows that the world will be watching — and they want it to be a “classic example of what Britain does best.”

He says they chose Westminster because despite its size – it holds 2,000 people — it has a sense of intimacy.

It also has centuries of royal history. British kings and queens are crowned there, and 17 monarchs are buried there.

British Prime Minister David Cameron says the wedding day will be a public holiday.

There has been some grumbling in England about holding a lavish royal bash in the midst of economic austerity. The palace says the royal family and the Middletons are going to cover the costs of the wedding, reception and honeymoon. But that doesn’t include the security that will be needed.

A study released this week by Nielsen concludes that U.S. residents are watching an average of more than 143 hours of TV each month, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The figure is “essentially flat compared to the same period a year ago,” the study says. It examined TV habits during the second quarter of 2010. The average breaks down to almost 4.8 hours per day, the story reports.

DVR viewing appears to be on the rise, with the average DVR owner in the 25-34 demo watching 29.5 hours a month of recorded shows.

TV viewing by teens is down, apparently an indication that they’re watching online. Television viewing is higher among older viewers, and women watch more than men, the story says.